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ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
By Bruce Eder

If James Taylor epitomized the definition and the original, late-'60s incarnation of the term singer/songwriter, Dan Fogelberg exemplified the late-'70s equivalent of that term at its most highly developed and successful, with a string of platinum-selling albums and singles into the early '80s and a long career afterward, interrupted only by a health crisis that led to his untimely death in 2007. He came out of a musical family, born Daniel Grayling Fogelberg on August 13, 1951, in Peoria, IL, where his father was an established musician, teacher, and bandleader. His first instrument was the piano, which he took to well enough, and music mattered to him more than the sports that were the preoccupation of most of the boys around him. At age ten, he was saving and listening to any old records he could find. Read full article...

PORTRAIT
By Paul Zollo

It's one of his earliest memories: He's four years old, standing up on a box in front of his father's big band, baton in hand, conducting. Though his dad stood behind him, doing the real work, for Dan it was a foreshadowing of what his life would be -- following in his father's footsteps to become the leader of the band. "It was an amazing feeling," he declared decades later during a series of discussions for these notes. "To be immersed in music. It felt both very magical and powerful. And I was fearless." That fearlessness has led him far, as he developed into one of popular music's most gifted and successful singer-songwriters. With an early genius for both melody and harmony, a soulfully angelic singing voice, and a natural gift for romantic expression, Dan Fogelberg has created songs that have become so embedded in our collective consciousness that they still resound with authentic magic and beauty years after they first emerged.Read full article.....

FULL CIRCLE
"THE ARTIST EMBRACES THE PAST AS A GUIDE TO THE FUTURE"
by Rex Rutkowski

Magical. For longtime Dan Fogelberg fans, it really was a magical period, those years between 1974 and 1981 when the enduring singer-songwriter defined what for them became "his sound." -- acoustic-based, romantic themed, "Southern California" style folk-rock emphasizing three-part, "stacked" harmonies. Anchoring that era, for them, were a trio of albums in particular: "Souvenirs," released in 1974; "Captured Angel," which followed in 1975; and Fogelberg's 1981 coming of age landmark double record, "The Innocent Age." Not coincidentally, it also represented the material that radio seemed to embrace most enthusiastically. For those fans, and the new ones surely to be won this year, there is very good news to report: Dan Fogelberg has come "Full Circle."Read full article.....

A throwback to the days of
listening, not dancing"It comes down to one person
writing it and one person
hearing it."
"If I have a real
gift it's that I can express things in a way that people
can relate to."

Fogelberg lets music do his talking"I'm pretty private, and I think
my music speaks for itself."

The Coachmen
"Maybe Time Will Let Me Forget"

Telluride turning point
Fogelberg made a change
after the '83 festival"I made this list of who
would be my 'dream band'...
and they actually wanted to
do it. I couldn't believe it."

Clean-shaven Fogelberg
hypnotic at arena"The 33-year-old artist
reportedly has been having
fun with his new look on
the road. At a recent show,
he came out on stage and
tinkered with the Hillman
Band's equipment like a
stagehand and no one
recognized him."

Beardless Fogelberg fools fans"Those who came expecting the
country-folk sound...refused to believe he was on stage with...a rhythm
and blues band, as advertised."

Fogelberg: He recorded July's
only platinum album

Dan Fogelberg
A Candid Interview"It's weird, this mass of
humanity comes in and
out of your life so fast
and the next thing you know
you're back in the hotel room
alone. That can get lonely."

Dan Fogelberg's River Of Souls"I don't have a problem with the
songwriting. I just wish I was a
little more mature when I performed it. To me, my voice
just seemed so high and so young."

Man on the Mountain"It's about trying to find
your place in the universe. It's about finding peace
with God...."

Skier News Interview"I fell off the side of the mountain
into a catwalk that I couldn't see
coming. Of course, it was frozen
solid. I was really lucky that I didn't break both of my legs."

Dan Fogelberg
high on Colorado home"That was my first real taste
of Colorado, and I really liked it.
But Aspen wasn't my place -
even then, the lifestyle was a
little fast-paced for an Illinois
boy like me. I was good for about
two or three days, then I'd crawl out with my tongue dragging
down to my legs."

Dan Fogelberg
Acoustic Art For A Pop World"Irving was ready for the big
time, and he was going to take
me and REO Speedwagon along.
We were each other's ticket
into the LA scene."

The Dan Fogelberg Cult

Dan Fogelberg: Home Free At Last"I wish I could have maintained
my openness, but if you don't
protect yourself from the shit
that goes down on a personal
level in this business, you'll
be a cripple by 25."

Scholastic Art Award

Illinois Summer Youth Theatre

Herring festival "totally involving"

Fogelberg, Delman Unchanged

Dan Fogelberg comes home to country"I do those records for so long
and then I get burned out being the
sensitive singer/songwriter. It's
not always fun - I certainly don't
live like that."

Heart-warming set soothes
Fogelberg concert crowd

Dan Fogelberg's Vail/Beaver Creek

To Dan
Stay with it - B.B.King

The Mysterious Dan Fogelberg and the Emerging Fool's Gold"...what comes across is a sensitive soul who loves to rock and tries to roll with life's inevitable punches...."

ASCAP Certificate

Record WorldFebruary 27, 1982
Hits of the Week

Dan Fogelberg: On the Rise"Fogelberg is flailing, Don Quixote style, uphill against overwhelming odds, to succeed in the quicksand world of pop music."

Certificate of Appreciation from the Senate of the State of Hawaii

Fogelberg Wins Rock Award,
Approval of Local Concert Crowd

State of New York Executive Chamber"Recognized for his commitment to the preservation of our environment."